Conversation: 787-016
Prev:  787-015 Next: 787-017Start Date: 26-Sep-1972 12:45 PM
End Date: 26-Sep-1972 1:31 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Colson, Charles W.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 1:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 787-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 787-16 Date: September 26, 1972 Time: 12:45 pm - 1:31 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. 1972 election -Demonstrations -Response to George S. McGovern supporters -The President's forthcoming trip to California -News summary -Advertisements -Robert J. Dole -Ronald W. Reagan -Charles W. Colson -Clark MacGregor -McGovern campaign -$1,000,000 bond -Security at dinner and hotel -Dole 30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -California election headquarters staffer [Gordon Luce] -McGovern campaign response -Compared to Watergate -Telephone from McGovern headquarters -Press coverage -Bond -Troops -Haldeman’s strategy -Mobilized numbers -San Francisco -Evidence of McGovern involvement Charles W. Colson entered at 12:47 pm. -Image conveyed -The President’s supporters -Tactics -Billings, Montana -Signs -Reaction from McGovern supporters -Reporter inquiry -McGovern campaign -Factory tours -Columbus, Ohio -News summary -Nichols-Seymour [?][sp?] -Tactics -Signs -Shouting, heckling ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 48s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** 31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) 1972 election -Aerospace industry -Orr Kelly article -Colson’s conversation with the Defense Department -Thomas V. Jones -Forthcoming conversation with Haldeman -Willard F. Rockwell, Jr. -Forthcoming conversation with Haldeman -Plant manager -Union man quote -Lockheed -Business support for Republicans -Unions -Tom Jones -Reason for support -McGovern -Political sophistication -Federal aid -Building trades presidents -Thomas W. ("Teddy") Gleason -Letters of support -Grumman president’s 1968 letter to supervisors -Jones -Melvin R. Laird -Press inquiries -Handling -North American Rockwell official [Dana Williams?] -Political affiliation -Quote -Congress -North American Rockwell -B-1 -Congressional fight -Kelly article -[Williams?] -Harvard University School of Business ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 25s ] 32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** 1972 election -Labor -Legislation -Policies -Pro-labor -George P. Shultz -National defense -John G. Tower -James J. Davis-Robert L. Bacon Act -Right to work supporters -Shultz’s recent meeting -President’s role -Analogy to blacks ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 5m 26s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** 1972 election -Demonstrations -The President's forthcoming trip to California -News coverage -Handling of demonstrators -San Francisco police -McGovern supporters -Telephone calls from McGovern headquarters -Los Angeles Times reporter inquiry -Unknown person -Democratic operation 33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Shutdown and move -Ronald W. Reagan -Gordon Luce -McGovern supporters -Evidence -Dinner -Reagan -Leslie T (“Bob”) Hope -Handling demonstrators -Los Angeles police -Republican National Convention -Louis P. Harris poll -Disruptions -The President’s supporters ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ***************************************************************** 1972 election -Support for the President -Compared to Lyndon B. Johnson -Accomplishments -Successor to John F. Kennedy -Barry M. Goldwater -Majority Leader in Senate -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Interviews -Hamtramck, Michigan -International relations -The Soviet Union the People's Republic of China [PRC] -Joseph P. Tonelli -View of communism -Kakuei Tanaka's trip to Peking 34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Chou En-Lai -Relation to the President's PRC visit -Protocol similarity -The President’s view -US public interest -Images -Relation to the President’s PRC visit -Publicity -Timing ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 9m 45s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 ***************************************************************** Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 1:24 pm. Correspondence Butterfield left at 1:25 p.m. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 6m 53s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ***************************************************************** The President, Haldeman and Colson left at 1:31 pm. 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03)